News about 3-Cushion Billiards from around the world.
The Korean former world champion Sung-Won Choi (above, left) has won the second session of the UMB 4x10 Virtual Challenge after a strong final end rush. On the finish line, he beat the other Asian, Dinh Nai Ngo (above, right), by a two caroms margin: 75-73.
Frederic Caudron dominated the final match over Filippos Kasidokostas in a 4-0 victory that gave him his second PBA Championship win. The event known as the TS Shampoo PBA Championship was played over an extended period due to Covid restrictions. But even Caudron's mask could not hide the joy he felt in winning the tournament.
Continuiing the dominance of Vietnamese players during the strange Covid-safe 2020 billiards season, Ngo Dinh Nai was crowned champion of the UMB Virtual One Carom Challenge 3-cushion tournament on September 18. He beat number one seeded Belgian Roland Forthomme in an intense final to take the prize.
Ma Minh Cam and teammates finished first at the Professional Billiards Association (PBA) Team League 2020-2021 that wrapped up in South Korea September 14.
In these troubled times besieged as we are on all fronts... from the health crisis of Covid-19, to the financial crisis due to massive job losses and most importantly the mental health crisis because we CAN'T PLAY BILLIARDS at our local clubs, here are the latest rays of sunshine that signal times will change for the better